TIME FOR RECONCILIATION IN THE WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
RECONCILIATION IN THE FAMILY, A SIMPLE SERVICE. https://marfam.org.za/2021/03/23/family-reconciliation-service/ We’re coming to the end of a very difficult year, another difficult year. We thought 2020 was hard. It was from the start of a pandemic that does not...
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. a QUESTION OF POWER OR SEXUALITY?
Why does Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continue to literally bedevil humanity and remain such a pervasive issue in our society? In South Africa, whenever the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence comes around it is often called another pandemic,...
WHO IS TO BLAME?
Blame can be a massively complicated issue. Right now, because South Africa was the first to report the emergence and identification of a new coronavirus variant, now named Omicron, we seem to be blamed in some way for having created it. This has even led to the...
2021 ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY for Advent programme are also suitable for families to make up their own Jesse tree. Click on the print icon below to print the document. 2021-Advent-and-Chri..-1Download
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS AND ACTIVITY
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ACT, ACTOR, ACTION, ACTIVISM, ACTIVIST
I’m playing around with words around ACT. It is a verb, “to act,” but can also be a noun of course, an act, or the act. All these words show subtle differences. Some bring to mind just doing, others doing good although not necessarily, even playing...
GROWING GREEN – PRAISE GOD!
Is the world likely to grow a little greener after the eventful two weeks of COP 26, or more likely to take up that baton from COP 15? COP 26 was the UN Climate Change conference held in Glasgow from 1-13 November. COP15 was the Biodiversity...
“STAY ANGRY” OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY?
Handing in of the Healthy Planet Healthy People petition at COP26 COP 26, the latest in the annual series of Conferences of world leaders to deal with climate change is being held in Glasgow in Scotland and hosted by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It has...
DAY BY DAY
Some years ago “Day by Day” was our theme song for the year, a simple little song, a real prayer: "Dear Lord three things I pray, To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly.” Today it is as relevant as ever. The SA Local elections...
PRAYERS FOR BEREAVEMENTS AND LOSS
A Family Bereavement Prayer. God our Father, we remember in prayer those we have loved and had a special place in our hearts and in our lives and are now no longer here with us. We thank you, Lord, for the time you have given us to share together the gift of life. ...
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